create a yum repo as followed.into /etc/yum.repos.d/namran.repo

namran.repo[namran]
name=namran
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0
baseurl=http://my.namran.net/repository/centos5/

or just grab it here.
then just need to run

yum update pidgin -y –enablerepo namran

Completed !

and wait till it downloaded and installed the latest Pidgin (2.5.7).. which can work fine with Yahoo Messenger again..
ehehe..

those who want to run yum locally .. can get the zipped file for the whole bunch [...]

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